What are the responsibilities and job description for the Leadership Group Member, Global Mutual Help Security position at Ashoka?
Ashoka Leadership Group Member
Mutual Help Security
Who We Are
Ashoka’s vision is of a future where everyone has the lifelong power to contribute to a rapidly changing world. If everyone is a changemaker and contributor, humanity’s new solutions can keep pace with the new problems, and a more equitable future can be achieved. We are a passionate, entrepreneurial team across more than 100 countries working together to achieve this vision.
Ashoka’s Integrity Team aims to help Ashoka balance entrepreneurial risk-taking and operational risk management in pursuit of its Everyone a Changemaker vision. The LGM for Mutual Help Security will champion new ideas and systems that leverage mutual security among Ashoka Fellows and our community. The ideal candidate is a creative and entrepreneurial leader experienced in designing mutual-help security measures at the metro, regional and global levels, in fundraising, and in relationship- and coalition-building, with a strong commitment to Ashoka’s vision.
Responsibilities include
- Developing and leading a purpose team as a field catalyst for Mutual Help Security, disaster response, and protection of social entrepreneurs and changemakers worldwide
- Creating a working model/concept that turns risks to changemaking into opportunities in cooperation among social entrepreneurs/changemakers, as well as cooperation with leaders in security, human rights, think tanks, and intergovernmental and corporate actors
- Building a global community of strategic partners for the field, securing multiyear private funding and resource partners
- Leading a global team and core components of the program
Candidates should have the following characteristics and experience
- 15 years of experience in entrepreneurial and operational leadership in complex, high risk and politically volatile environments
- Strong fundraising experience especially with private foundations, family funds, and corporations
- Exceptional communication skills with proven ability to lead through influence and ideas
- Demonstrated ability to manage deliverables in a fast-paced, unstructured environment
- Strong problem solving, conceptual, and organizational skills
- Track record of highly successful creative entrepreneurship, with a history of generating new ideas and executing them to system-changing impact
- Demonstrated effectiveness in developing strong partnerships and cross-sector coalitions in an entrepreneurial context
- Openness and flexibility to think across fields and geographies
- Strong “weaving” skills to be able to bring different parts (teams, resources) together for common purpose
- Strong networks in the fields of security, legal and human rights
And they will meet Ashoka's core hiring criteria
ENTREPRENEURSHIP/INTRAPRENEURSHIP: Demonstrates a track record of taking creative initiative and ownership (e.g., founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization).
UNDERSTANDING & BELIEF IN THE VISION OF AN EVERYONE A CHANGEMAKER FUTURE: Understands and believes Ashoka’s vision at a gut level; has a broad and inquisitive intellect and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and the current social context.
EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE: Has the ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams.
ETHICAL FIBER: Possesses exceptionally strong ethical behavior.
SELF DEFINITION: Assumes that changing the world in big ways is what they will do in life.
Working at Ashoka
Ashoka is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from candidates regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or religion. We strongly encourage diverse candidates to apply. Valuing diversity and creating the space where all are seen, respected, and included is central to our core work of building an Everyone a Changemaker world.